diff --git a/srcpkgs/bees/template b/srcpkgs/bees/template
index c9184f593e8..6f8783ea65f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bees/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bees/template
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	make_check="no"
 fi
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	broken="undefined reference to __atomic_fetch_add_8"
+fi
+
 pre_build() {
 	export BEES_VERSION="${version}"
 }